The Indie Mystery Bestseller List

For the eight-week period ending November 18, 2008, and based on sales at independent bookstores throughout the U.S.

1.

Book of the Dead
Patricia Cornwell, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425216255

2.

The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $23.95, 9780375425134

3.

Friends in High Places
Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 9780143114147

4.

The Careful Use of Compliments
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $13.95, 9781400077120

5.

Rough Weather
Robert B. Parker, Putnam, $26.95, 9780399155192

6.

The Lace Reader
Brunonia Barry, Morrow, $24.95, 9780061624766

7.

Sweet Revenge
Diane Mott Davidson, Avon, $7.99, 9780060527341

8.

Exit Music
Ian Rankin, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316057585

9.

The Naming of the Dead
Ian Rankin, Little Brown, $7.99, 9780316018869

10.

The Tenderness of Wolves
Stef Penney, S&S, $15, 9781416571308

11.

Interred With Their Bones
Jennifer Lee Carrell, Plume, $15, 9780452289895

12.

The Best American Mystery Stories 2008
George Pelecanos (Ed.), Houghton Mifflin, $14, 9780618812677

13.

Little Face
Sophie Hannah, Penguin, $14, 9780143114086

14.

Lean Mean Thirteen
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9780312349509

15.

The Tin Roof Blowdown
James Lee Burke, Pocket, $7.99, 9781416548508

16.

One for the Money
Janet Evanovich, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9780312990459

17.

Dead Heat
Dick Francis, Felix Francis, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425223192

18.

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $12.95, 9781400034772

19.

Bones to Ashes
Kathy Reichs, Pocket Star, $7.99, 9781416525653

20.

The Shape Shifter
Tony Hillerman, Harper, $9.99, 9780060563479

21.

One Good Turn
Kate Atkinson, Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316012829

22.

Three Bags Full
Leonie Swann, Flying Dolphin, $12.95, 9780767927055

23.

Maisie Dobbs
Jacqueline Winspear, Penguin, $14, 9780142004333

24.

Salvation in Death
J.D. Robb, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399155222

25.

The Catch
Archer Mayor, St. Martin's Minotaur, $24.95, 9780312381912